Parties and observers

The Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA 2012) has parties (covering WTO members, counting the European Union and its 27 member states as one party). Another WTO members/observers and several international organizations participate in the Committee on Government Procurement as observers. of these members with observer status are in the process of acceding to the Agreement.

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Parties

Most parties have been bound by the GPA 2012 since its entry into force. Some ratified/acceded to the Agreement at a later date, as shown below. The table also shows the date of entry into force of the GPA 1994 and the GPA 2012 for each party.

Parties	Date of entry into force/accession
Parties	GPA 1994 (replaced by GPA 2012 on 1 Jan 2021)	GPA 2012
Armenia	15 September 2011	6 June 2015
Australia	5 May 2019	5 May 2019
Canada	1 January 1996	6 April 2014
European Union with regard to its 27 member states:	1 January 1996	6 April 2014
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden	1 January 1996
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic and Slovenia	1 May 2004
Bulgaria and Romania	1 January 2007
Croatia	1 July 2013
Hong Kong, China	19 June 1997	6 April 2014
Iceland	28 April 2001	6 April 2014
Israel	1 January 1996	6 April 2014
Japan	1 January 1996	16 April 2014
Korea, Republic of	1 January 1997	14 January 2016
Liechtenstein	18 September 1997	6 April 2014
Moldova, Republic of	14 July 2016	14 July 2016
Montenegro	15 July 2015	15 July 2015
Netherlands with respect to Aruba	25 October 1996	21 August 2014
New Zealand	12 August 2015	12 August 2015
Norway	1 January 1996	6 April 2014
Singapore	20 October 1997	6 April 2014
Switzerland	1 January 1996	1 January 2021
Chinese Taipei	15 July 2009	6 April 2014
Ukraine	18 May 2016	18 May 2016
United Kingdom	1 January 1996 (as a then-member state of the European Union)	1 January 2021
United States	1 January 1996	6 April 2014

Observers

Any WTO member may participate in the Government Procurement Committee as an observer by submitting a written notice to the Committee. Any WTO observer may submit a written request, and may be accorded observer status by the Committee.

WTO members/observers with observer status	Effective date
Afghanistan	18 October 2017
Albania*	2 October 2001
Argentina	24 February 1997
Bahrain, Kingdom of	9 December 2008
Belarus	27 June 2018
Brazil*	18 October 2017
Cameroon	3 May 2001
Chile	29 September 1997
China *	21 February 2002
Colombia	27 February 1996
Costa Rica	3 June 2015
Côte d’Ivoire	10 July 2020
Dominican Republic	20 September 2022
Ecuador	26 June 2019
Georgia *	5 October 1999
India	10 February 2010
Indonesia	31 October 2012
Jordan *	8 March 2000
Kazakhstan*	19 October 2016
Kyrgyz Republic *	5 October 1999
Malaysia	18 July 2012
Mongolia	23 February 1999
North Macedonia*	27 June 2013
Oman *	3 May 2001
Pakistan	11 February 2015
Panama	29 September 1997
Paraguay	27 February 2019
Philippines	26 June 2019
Russian Federation *	29 May 2013
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of	13 December 2007
Seychelles	16 September 2015
Sri Lanka	23 April 2003
Tajikistan*	25 June 2014
Thailand	3 June 2015
Türkiye	4 June 1996
Viet Nam	5 December 2012
* Negotiating accession.

International intergovernmental organizations granted observer status in the Committee on Government Procurement

Accession to the GPA

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